The maturity period of honey locust is from May to December. The pods are band-shaped, straight or twisted, the pulp is slightly thick, and the sides are raised. Some pods may be short, more or less cylindrical, and bent into a crescent shape. Usually called pig tooth soap, there are no seeds;

The fruit neck is 1-3.5 cm long; the fruit petals are leathery, brown or reddish brown, often covered with white frost; there are many seeds, oblong or oval Shape, 8-9 mm wide, brown, shiny.

The flowers are heterogeneous, yellow-white, composed of racemes; the inflorescences are axillary or terminal, pubescent; male flowers: 9-10 mm in diameter; pedicels 2-8 mm long; receptacles 2.5-3 mm long mm, dark brown, pubescent outside; sepals 4, triangular-lanceolate, 3 mm long, pubescent on both sides, petals 4.

Extended information:

Honey locust likes light and tolerates a little shade. It grows in hillside forests, valleys and roadsides, at altitudes from flatland to 2,500 meters. It is often cultivated in the courtyard or beside the house. It can grow normally in slightly acidic, calcareous, lightly saline-alkali soil and even clay or sandy soil. It is a deep-rooted plant with strong drought tolerance and a lifespan of up to six to seven hundred years.

Produced in Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces and regions in China.